Ma Guangzu's move Zhaohui was completely unaware of and did not expect it. He kicked the camp successfully, and Huo Jizhan's battalion was completely paralyzed and lost its command structure. I had to withdraw from the camp and reorganize the team. Taking this opportunity, Zhaohui ordered people to burn the camp, and at the same time ordered people to collect food, feed the horses and drink water for a short rest. Fortunately, it was dinner time in the camp, and there were naturally a lot of cooked lamb legs and naan cakes, and the people were full of food and horses, and all the rest were thrown into the fire and burned. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Zhao Hui was stunned, "How many people are here?" ”

"It was too dark to see clearly. The whole camp is cheering on the drums! ”

Zhao Hui didn't ask any more questions, looked left and right to see if there was no high ground, then mounted his horse, held a telescope to spy south, and then looked east and north, put down the mirror tube and said, "It's a feint." We attacked this stockade, Huo Jizhan's main force did not move, this person is really calm, the old horse is to poke this hornet's nest again to see the wind...... "While speaking, the south has already handed over fire. Huo Jizhan's soldiers were attacked without eating dinner, disrupted the formation, suffered heavy casualties and withdrew in a hurry, and were shocked and suddenly Liao Huaqing rushed into battle, and the tired and hungry soldiers immediately made a commotion. Before he could counterattack, Liao Huaqing had already led his team to retreat south. The soldiers and horses were flustered and gasping, and there were three cannon shots in Ma Guangzu's camp, and there were many Qing soldiers in the black field, including infantry and cavalry, and birds and rockets attacked directly. The Qing soldiers were so rampage and five times that they succeeded again and again, and it seemed that they finally angered Huo Jizhan, Zhaohui saw the official army coming from the ground, and calculated that the troops in the south of Huo Jizhan could only fight more than 10,000 people, gritted his teeth, and was about to order the whole team to attack and join Ma Guangzu, when he suddenly saw three red fireworks rising in the south, bursting out and scattering in the night sky, followed by three yellow and three white ups and downs...... Just thinking about it, the northeast direction shone brightly, and then there was a dull explosion, after three rings in a row, in the deathly silence, I heard the sound of killing in the northeast direction, like a distant shower being swept by the wind and gradually approaching, and like a tsunami wave of high tide surging on the shore, countless horses' hooves stepped on one another, sandwiched "bang" and "bang" firecracks, and the momentum was overwhelming......

"All on board!" Zhaohui waved his hand and shouted, "Zhang Qun sent someone to order Ma Guangzu to quickly retreat back to the camp." ”

"Wow! - What do we do? ”

"Their whole army is coming, let's go back to the camp and hold on! We don't want anything but food, and our injuries will retire with Ma Guangzu. ”

"Wow!"

Zhao Hui didn't speak anymore, and led more than 5,000 horsemen to the meadow on the east side of the enemy camp to form a square formation, silently observing the surrounding situation. I saw that the torches of the enemy troops who had broken out of the camp in the south were approaching like dragons, and the big camp in the east was dark and dreary for several miles, and Ma Guangzu's soldiers were also closing in the camp. About five or six miles away from the camp, the light was bright and extinguished, and the sound of killing came and went up and down without hesitation.

"What should I do?" Zhaohui flashed countless thoughts in an instant: if he attacked back and reclaimed the old camp, of course it would be the safest in front of him, but here was ten miles away from the old camp, and the enemy army was close behind the old camp, even if he barely fought back, tens of thousands of fresh troops plus more than 10,000 pursuers behind him, although Hu Fugui had soldiers, far water could not quench his thirst. In case the enemy preemptively occupies the old camp and heads on the enemy, the consequences of the belly and back attack will be even more unimaginable. Almost in a flash, he dismissed the thought. It is also a method to retreat into Ma Guangzu's camp, but the enemy on the south side will not let go easily, and will be entangled to the death, and the morale will decline and the hundred sorrows will come, and Hu Fugui will not be able to respond to the help hand as usual - thinking about it, he turned his horse's head and said loudly to the soldiers on the left: "There is an old saying that 'the wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will not return once he is gone'!" We have succeeded in luring the enemy, and the kicking camp has already kicked this force back to the bold, 'easy water cold'! The horse whip designated the southern road: "We will not return to the big camp, but fight south, hit the Heishui River, and join the old camp." Who is afraid of death? Just come out and speak, and I will let him go to the Ma Junmen camp, and I will never add to the crime! ”

This group of soldiers only knew how to set fire to fight, and they didn't know what he meant when he talked about "a cold water", but everyone understood what he said, and some people shouted with their arms in a restless manner: "Let's fight with the military gate and the cold will not return!" How to fight, the army gate just gives orders! "Which bastard, Lao Tzu slaughtered him!"

"Listen, this is a flock of frightened birds that we have kicked out of the camp!" Zhao Hui smiled lightly and pointed to the south, "We are stepping eastward, they must think that they are cowardly and want to retreat back to Ma Guangzu's camp, and they must intercept it." We suddenly went west, cut it at the waist, tore a bloody hole, and then broke through to the south...... It's—" he pulled out his pocket watch, "it's ugly time, and we'll be able to get to the Blackwater River camp in the early afternoon." Zhaozhang Qun - give me the lead, kill! No matter how fierce the fighting is, the battalions must do their best to keep the organization in order. The people who follow me, risk their lives to earn fame in front of the emperor! With that, a column of horses rushed out......

At first, the battle went very smoothly, everything was expected, Huo Jizhan's soldiers saw them marching to the southeast, thinking that they were going to flee to Ma Guangzu's camp, and immediately accelerated to intercept them, but the formation had just been deployed, and Zhaohui turned his arms and horses to attack the southwest, and in an instant, Huo Jizhan's more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were interrupted at both ends. The enemy saw Zhaohui's intentions clearly, and shouted in unison, and quickly attacked the middle. Zhaohui was 6,000 soldiers, and Huo Jizhan was about 9,000 horsemen desperately intercepted. Zhaohui is already a tired soldier, Huo Ji is a cowardly army, fighting in the moonless wilderness at night, and the most afraid is that the establishment will disrupt the enemy and me, at this moment, both sides are jealous. Listening to the overwhelming sound of killing in the northeast direction getting closer and closer, the spirit of the returning soldiers was greatly lifted, and thousands of torches lit were like fire dragons swimming away, Zhaohui retreated for a while, and immediately another group of people rushed up and stuck to it, and couldn't help but think in his heart: I can't remove this plaster, Tianming will meet the soldiers here, Ma Guangzu and Liao Huaqing will go out to the camp to rescue, and the camp is gone in an instant, and people will also be killed! In his eagerness, he saw Zhaozhang and his prancing horses coming from the east road with their guns, and gasped: "Dad! It's hard to get back to the army, and you can leave as soon as you fight, and chase after you stop - what should I do? ”

"Are you tired?"

"I can still ...... for a while"

In the shadow of the torches, Zhaohui pointed to a small river in the south and said: "The Chinese army has transferred 500 muskets to your command, plus 1,000 archers, with the difficulties on the bank, you block it for me, the fire will be fierce and ruthless!" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Qun returned to his horse and left.

"Wait," Zhaohui called out, "...... Seeing this situation, they want to cut off our way back to Hu Fugui's camp. You will retreat to the southeast after half an hour, and if the soldiers intercept you, go west to find me, and then make a calculation. ”

…… Zhaozhangqun rode his horse, and saw that the enemies on both sides were desperate to close together, and the Qing soldiers retreated one after another, Zhaohui shouted: "Musketeers, the left team follows me, the right team follows Zhaozhangqun - shoot at them everywhere!" ”

"Bang!"

A row of muskets was fired, the gunners returned the charge, and another row of gunners raised their guns and fired a volley, and there was another loud "bang". For the first time since the night battle, a thousand gunners fired intensively, and the sound was terrifying, the enemy's torches were bright and dense, the guns rang out, and the arrows flew like a shower of locusts, and I don't know how many people were shot and arrowed, and the soldiers lay down, and the enemy panicked and retreated a little in the smoke of gunpowder. Zhaohui's whip swept back slightly, and he clasped his legs and shouted, "Go!" He glanced at his son sadly, and rushed to the south with more than 2,000 people. The roar of Zhaozhangqun's platoon guns could be heard in the distance behind him......

It's getting brighter. After rushing out of the southwest of Liao Huaqing's camp, his men and horses did not encounter the returning soldiers who blocked him head-on. Now it has entered the Heishui River Basin, the grassland has long disappeared, there is still a vast sand dune Gobi, the east and west clusters are dense poplars, red willows, camels, sour thorns and other shrubs, the Heishui River is still a "river of oil", flowing quietly between the sand dunes...... After a night of fierce fighting, everyone feels a little like a world away. Zhao Hui saw that there was a small pool of watery water between the sand dunes of the river beach, so he ordered the horse to eat, got off the horse himself, tried to walk a few steps, the already stiff legs were a little alive, took a piece of cold lamb leg meat and chewed it, then sent a sentinel team, all the way to the east to see the path, all the way back to the north to inquire about the news of Zhaozhang group.

Half an hour later, the people from the east road returned, and the sentinel was so tired that he seemed to be so tired that he was numb to fear, and he swayed his body and pointed to the east and said, "The army gate ...... He Zhuo's soldiers have blocked the intersection of the Doll River. That's a lot...... We didn't chase after us when we went, but we set up camp there. Slowly, it looks like you want to settle down with your parents. Zhaohui gritted his teeth and listened, and asked, "Do they have water there?" The scout replied, "Yes! On the beach between the Doll River and the Heishui River, the pot stove is already burning! He's going to block our way home......" Zhaohui nodded, and asked again, "Do you see a camel caravan?" ”

"Nope." The sergeant replied.

That is to say, the enemy's food convoy has not yet come up. At this time, if there are 10,000 in his hands, no, even if there are only 5,000 fresh troops, Huo Jizhan will not be able to stop him at all. It's a pity that no, there are only 2,000 people, and everyone is so tired that their bones are weak, even if the more than 3,000 people led by Zhaozhang Group can return with the whole army, they can't help it. Zhao Hui thought about it, and there was an inexplicable sadness and sadness in his heart, and he coughed to stop his sadness, got up and dragged his steps, tried his best to shake his spirits and made a round, and ordered with a smile: "All move closer to me." At this time, there are no generals, only soldiers Zhaohui! ”

The two thousand sergeants slowly gathered together as if they had been filled with lead, and they were surprised to find that the general, who usually had a straight face, was now sitting by the sand like a player's child, with a childish smile on his face. Greet the soldiers on the left and right: "I'm tired, just sit down!" When the enemy comes, he can see it from ten miles away. He pointed to a soldier with a wounded cheek and smiled, "What's wrong with you, crying and losing your face?" Your name is Chang Dafa, did you lose your gambling money, or did you dream that your wife grabbed you with a paw? ”

People laughed.

"Zhaozhangqun is my son, you all know it." Zhao Hui glanced north and said with a smile, "Hailancha also has a son who follows Changji. His son is funny, his dad and fucking matchmaker......"

People were stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly: he never laughed, let alone talked about homely things, and he couldn't help but laugh when he opened his mouth. Then someone shouted: "Tell the brothers, Great Army!" ”

"That was more than 20 years ago. Lao Hai and I sent troops to ......release horses in Jinchuan, with the pioneer Ne Xiang and Zhang Dajunmen," Zhaohui smiled and sat on the ground looking at the sky, recalling the past. How did Zhang Guangsi, a close relative, make a command mistake and the troops were defeated in the village, Liao Huaqing was injured all over the body, and how did he save his relatives. How did Zhang Guangsi, a relative of his family, lie about the military situation in fear of crime, and take revenge to kill himself and Hailancha. How did the two discuss and flee back to Beijing separately to report the truth, Hailancha met Ding E'er on the Yellow River boat, and the two of them divided a contract boat to help each other to Texas, and killed six lives in a row during the day at the Texas wharf, almost died at the hands of the stolen officials, and all kinds of things were told one by one, and everyone heard them sometimes angry, turned their eyebrows and smiled, and they had completely forgotten that they were in danger. Someone asked: "Zhaojunmen, I heard that you were locked up in Shuntian Mansion, killed people in prison, and saved our military wife, and even the long-lived lord was alarmed, and the Son of Heaven personally asked the prison and gave our wife a phoenix crown and a xiaxia veil, but there are any?" ”

"Yes, yes, not as mystical as your legends suggest. Her phoenix crown was rewarded only when I got back up. Zhao Hui smiled, "My story is not as good as the Navy Gate. Talking to everyone about these past events, one is boring and boring, and the other is to say that human life, heaven is destined, damn not to fight, and those who are planted in the horseshoe nest and drowned on rainy days are all there, not to die, with thousands of sabers, mountains and fires, you can't die if you want to. And then I share the weal and woe with the brothers, I will never be a bastard like Zhang Guangsi......" As he spoke, a sergeant on the sand slope stood up and pointed to the distance and shouted, "Dajunmen! Young Son-Young Master, they are back! Zhaohui turned over and stood up, and all the sergeants also stood up, and sure enough, there were a group of military horses, about 2,000 people, walking on the beach, walking on the head wrapped in raw cloth bandages, holding a gun in one hand, and supporting his waist with the other, it was Zhaozhang Qun. The crowd on the beach immediately cheered, and the sergeants on the march approached with cheers. Zhaozhangqun's face was pale and he reluctantly dismounted with a smile, his body was staggered, and he almost fell to the ground, and several soldiers suddenly rushed over and held him up. Zhaohui took a step forward and leaned over to look at him and asked, "How is it?" ”

"It's nothing, it doesn't matter...... Zhaozhangqun pushed the sergeant away, stood still and said, "There is a hammer with a chain, which killed my horse, and my left rib was also swept by someone......" He pouted as if crying and laughing, "This time the son is a good man, and his son is not as capable as him...... What a kind of these people! I was pierced like a hedgehog with an arrow in my chest, and I didn't let go when I fell to the ground—almost dragging me off my horse! We died more than 800 times, and none of the wounded came back, but the guns were finally brought back......" he said, looking like he was about to fall. The people helped him to sit down, gave him water and rubbed his back.

When Zhaohui heard that the muskets had been brought back, he felt relieved, but said, "It's good that people come back alive." It's good to be alive...... It's hard for you to fight well...... These thousands of people are all good, and I will remember them, both dead and alive, and I will give them a rich ......."

"When I came back, I saw that the road to the east was broken." Zhao Zhangqun drank some water, his spirits improved, and said, "Ma Guangzu's camp has been combined with Liao Huaqing. After several attempts to contact us without success, I think they are trying to press us to a place where there is no water, and cut off from the camp to eat our dumplings...... There is no danger to defend this place, and we have less than 5,000 people, so we cannot stand. Listen to me, Dad, we have water, food, meat, and muskets, eat and drink enough to fight again, and go back to the old camp to **, this is not a dead place......"

Zhao Hui patted him on the shoulder and said in a low voice, "It's okay, your father is not so easy to bully." Your Uncle Hu and Uncle Ma Bo Liao will contact us, and if we don't get in touch, we can't go out again......" He straightened up and observed the terrain, although there were some tiny sand dunes here, there were no camping tools or trenches, and the terrain near the oil river in the south was also low, so it was indeed not a place to camp. The east side of the road is full of heavy enemy guards, just in order to "cut off" their own way back, how can they easily let themselves kill it! I thought that kicking the battalion could drag the enemy's main force here for a decisive battle, but it seems that in addition to kicking the battalion and smashing some guys and killing some people, Ma Guangzu dispatched to lead the ambush soldiers out and stabbed the hornet's nest, the hornet did not chase and stab the nest man, this Huo Jizhan alone can not be underestimated, but he was careless and failed to anticipate this hand! He held his chin and bit his lower lip and looked at the low hill on the opposite bank for a while, and then looked at the oil in the river, and the thought in his heart suddenly moved, pointing to the southeast and saying: "The Chinese army will go to the middle of the two sand dunes and find out if there is water." Zhaozhangqun, who was sitting next to him, said: "I have already explored that side, and there is no water." There is a cactus forest in the south, which grows more than a foot high, I have tasted it, the taste is not right, but it is not poisonous, there is a sour thorny tree, which can also quench thirst. Four or five thousand of us, relying on these ...... that can't be made."

"What do you mean?" Seeing that he was better, Zhaohui took up the identity of Lao Tzu again, stopped him and said, "I estimate that the enemy will come over at noon." **They must be doing everything possible to contact me now, how can it be done without a plate? There must be water underneath the grass and trees, so go to someone and find me a low-lying place to dig down. "A Chinese army general took more than 200 people to wade across the oil river. Zhao Hui held the telescope and stood on a high place just to observe and measure, and looked at the river and the terrain, pointed to the opposite bank and shouted: "There must be water down there." This is the upper reaches of the Doll River, the sand is hidden, and the water downstream is seeping out from under the sand! This river of oil used to be water, oil on top and water on the bottom - otherwise, why is there water in the sand nest by the river? He seemed to be praying desperately, and he seemed to be muttering to himself to dissect physics, and everyone was stunned. Suddenly, the group of sergeants on the other side of the river shouted, "Dajunmen, this is a fucking city!" The sand is buried, and there is a house underneath. Zhao Hui was so excited that he shouted, "That's it! Three thousand more people - except for the wounded, go! Plane me, there must be water. ”

The soldiers were curious and excited when they heard the house being dug out from under the sand, and they jumped across the river with a shout of joy. A group of thirty or fifty people, each looking for a low recess, started to start, without tools, it was actually difficult to dig in the sand, digging a hole, and the sand around it flowed to the middle. The soldiers had no choice, so they lined up with their butts up, their heads shutting upwards in turn, and delivering sand upwards like waterwheels, revealing dozens of buried houses. Suddenly, a group of people shouted, like suddenly picking up a gold ingot in the middle of the night, and shouted in surprise, "There is a grain depot here!" Someone shouted again: "Water! There is water at the Great Army Gate! Suddenly, the officers and soldiers who were full of sand dunes were jubilant, and a large area of sand dunes was full of dust and mist, and they were doing a good job.

This time, the injured number resting on the north bank of the river could not sit still, and the generals crossed the river one after another. Zhaohui heard that there was water and still cared about it, but he didn't believe it when he said "grain depot", and just smiled at Zhaozhangqun: "I am satisfied with water, and there is still food!" Such a great blessing, can we have it? As he spoke, a soldier jumped and jumped across the river with the grain in his hands, shouting as he ran: "The gate of the army...... Lo and behold...... Grain! "Hold it and show it to Zhaohui. I stuck out my tongue and licked it, and my nose and eyes were smiling and squeezed together, and said, "Millet!" Fucking tastes good! ”

Zhaohui has already seen clearly, it is millet, because it has not seen the light of day for I don't know how many years, the color has turned white, but it is millet after all, and it is actually a grain bank! Zhaohui's head was a little dizzy, and his eyes became uncertain, he was already slightly drunk without eating and drinking, and he was stupid to chew a small handful in his mouth. He, like all the sergeants, brought food but did not eat, and it was almost half a month before he had mutton, mutton, jerky, beef, and beef jerky. The grain fragrance in the mouth of the millet spreads to the heart and spleen, and it is so fragrant and fragrant! He suddenly waved his hand and shouted: "This is God's care, the emperor is blessed with all the heavens, our lives should not be extinguished!" Let's go, all of them are over......" shouted and helped his son up......

There was really a city buried under the sand dunes on the opposite side, and thousands of sergeants tried their best to dig with their hands, and half a street was dug in the middle, and there were more than ten zhang away, and the storefront and platform levels came out, becoming a sand ditch more than a foot deep, and almost all of the sergeants wore only one pair of pants, covered in sweaty sand, and they were in full swing. Zhao Hui saw that some soldiers were still digging south, and said with a smile: "Just clear this area, and then talk about it after the battle is over." Then he asked, "Are there any dead bodies?" ”

"Yes! A dozen of them - all the dried corpses of old men and old women. A soldier pointed to the sand dunes, "Throw them out!" Zhao Hui instructed: "Go to a few people and bury them." They have a meritorious role in guarding the grain depot! So saying, he went to see the water.

The fruit is really there, it is behind the side of a house, the soldiers have dug out a piece of wet sand, and dug more than four feet deep, and a large piece of muddy soup is being clarified at the mouth of the pot at the bottom, and there seems to be a slight flow of water leaking to the middle along the sand - of course, this bit of water cannot support the needs of the whole army, but since there is a spring, the waterhole is not worried about being bigger, Zhaohui smiled with satisfaction, pointed to the waterhole and said: "Here is a good protection, it should be a little bigger, at least one zhang and three feet deep - on this street, there will definitely be water again!" Brothers, work harder, this is our lifeline! "Come and see the grain. The grain depot has not yet been completely exposed, and the roofs of more than a dozen bungalows have been seen, and the soldiers have uncovered the roofs of all the houses, some of which are full of grain bags, and some of which are half of the houses. Criss-crossed mysteriously across the beach. Zhaohui thought about it for a long time before he realized that this was actually a grain store or a temporary storage warehouse for camel caravans to transport grain, and the entire city was buried. When he came to Xinjiang, he heard from the locals that sandstorms would suddenly rise overnight, and the entire sand hills and sand dunes would be removed, and the people of the rivers, mountains, and cities would be buried alive in the sand. Could it be that one night a few decades ago, this catastrophe fell on this city from the sky, turning this place into a barren desert? And it was discovered by the officers and soldiers who fled here, and it can only be said that the will of heaven is clear in the dark...... Just as he was thinking about praying for good fortune, the yellow dust in the north was everywhere in the distance, and a sergeant pointed to him: "The military gate - and Zhuo Mu have returned to kill the soldiers!" ”

"Got it." Zhao Hui stood up calmly and looked through the binoculars. About 10,000 horsemen were approaching this side, I don't know whether they were tired or difficult to walk in the sand, they were walking a little slowly, and there were scattered horses behind them chasing the brigade with difficulty. There are more than a dozen flags in front of the head, and the words written in the bend of the song on the top are not in Chinese, and Zhaohui doesn't recognize them, but looking at this array of honor guards, it seems that Huo Jizhan's Chinese army battalion is here in person! …… He put down the mirror tube and ordered: "All the horses are pulled to the south of the sand dunes to drink water and feed, leave five hundred men to dig the pool, and the rest of the people are dressed up and hidden, steal some dry food, and wait for my order, what about my Chinese army Benzo?" ”

"The markers are here!"

"Bring your armor, and your shields, and twenty muskets—clean up." Zhao Hui descended the sand dunes along the slope and said, "I want to talk to this surnamed Huo across the river!" ”

Huo Jizhan's soldiers and horses arrived, and they looked slow in the telescope, and the horse's head was very majestic when it arrived: more than a dozen embroidered gold and white flags hunted and hunted, thousands of war horses neighed wildly on the north bank of the Heishui River, and the sand and dust were scattered in the air - seeing that the Qing army on the south bank was ambushed, only forty or fifty generals Goshha Gongwei surrounded a big man in red robes and silver armor, standing calmly and waiting, and the returning army seemed to be very surprised, and after a little reorganization of the team, a general wearing a fox tail ornament and an open-collared robe came out and asked: "Zhaohui's general?" Which one? ”

"I am." Zhaohui straightened up, said solemnly, and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"I'm Na Uruzi, a retainer of Zhuomu Dataiji." The general Yingyang stood, proudly cocked his mustache, stretched out his thumb and raised it back, "Our Huo Da Tai Ji Khan wants to talk to you." Zhao Hui watched silently, and saw that the horses in front of the enemy formation gave way, and a white horse with a golden saddle came out. On the carved saddle full of gems rode a middle-aged man, embroidered gold hat also decorated with gems, a swan feather feather inserted in the sideburns, also an open-collared white robe, but it was refined in satin, full of jewels. The reunion face is the kind of fair-skinned, straight-nosed and deep-eyed that is unique to the people of the Western Regions, and the eyebrows and beard are so black that they seem to be drawn with a brush - this is the great chief Huo Jizhan of the Zhuomu Hui tribe who was trapped in Dzungaria, fled from exile, returned and rebelled. Zhao Hui sank his breath downward, waiting for him to speak.

Huo Jizhan is also looking at Zhaohui, who has long been the "red-robed general" of the Qianlong Dynasty, after besieging and annihilating Almusana, he attacked three cities in a row west of Hami, and chased to the Ama River, Zhaohui has been chasing himself like a shadow, and he has seen his heroic martial arts in the camp last night. At this moment, under the daylight across the river, I can see it more vividly, it is a man who has grown up, with a cold air between his eyebrows, standing motionless on the riverbank under the sand dunes in armor and robes, and the barren hill behind him is as silent as death. He couldn't guess this person's heart, obviously when he passed by the camp of Ma Guangzu and Liao Huaqing, he could return to the camp safely with a little impact, but he fled to this place of death? Where are all his soldiers hiding? Thinking about it, Huo Jizhan spread his hands on the horse and said, "Your Excellency, General, it's been a hard night!" ”

Zhao Hui moved his nose imperceptibly, he didn't expect Huo Jizhan to be able to speak Chinese.

"I live in Yarkand in the country of Zhuomu, and I have never had a grudge against Bogda Khan, and I have nothing to do with each other. Moreover, my brother and I were deceived by the quasi-Mongols, and the Mongol Khan sent troops to rescue them, and we have always been grateful. Huo Ji said, "I don't know which villain the Great Khan listened to sow discord and sent the general to raise troops for no reason." hurt my gratitude, and turned into the enemy's ice charcoal? "Let's talk about it, I'm staring at Zhaohui.

Zhaohui had already heard with Hurd that Huo Jizhan was eloquent and able to speak, and after listening to these few words, he thought that instead of painstakingly analyzing and arguing around the entangled past, it would be convenient to directly state his crimes, so he said coldly: "You are also Khan, and Emperor Qianlong is also Khan, I want to know when you will be equal?" With a million Dzungar soldiers and a tribute, you are just a small slave tribe in the Dzungar Department, imprisoned in the Dzungar for many years, and have been rescued by the imperial court, why don't you know that you want to repay the source of drinking water, but instead use your people's lives, land, cattle and sheep to gamble on you to be rich and noble, and split the land from the Outer Heavenly Empire, inviting this murderous disaster? I advise you, get lost early, it's not too late to make amends, my three-way army is the iron cavalry heroes who conquered the Dzungar department, you are like an egg between three stones, dare to move, you will be crushed! ”

"Eggs!" Huo Jizhan pressed the saddle with both hands, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, "I respect you for being a good man, you dare to be so arrogant!" This is not Dzungaria, let alone the Central Plains. I am this - back to my homeland, that is, back to the arms of Allah. Dragons - Om, dragons return to the sea, you know? You stormed my barracks last night, do you know why you got out alive? My children know that it was I who ordered you not to be killed. You are Changbanpo, and I am Cao Cao! ”

Zhaohui was stunned for a moment, only to hear that he was talking about the Three Kingdoms, and remembered that Ah Gui said that there was a man who was dedicated to learning from Cao Cao's example, and couldn't help but be embarrassed, because he said loudly: "You are Cao Cao, then we are naturally incompatible with each other - you are treacherous, ungrateful, and treacherous, and your heart and behavior are the same as Cao Cao." Like you, you are doing evil against the sky, not only misleading yourself, but also affecting your brothers, the people who have returned to Xinjiang for thousands of miles, and tens of thousands of soldiers from rebellion, which one will not be dragged down by you in the unexpected? I advise you to make a plan while the nest is still in the house, and on the one hand, you can not only save the nine clans from being killed, but also the three armies will not be slaughtered by the swords, and the people's land will not be ruined. If you are obsessed, I'm afraid you Huo Jizhan cigarettes will be difficult to continue! ”

"I'm still talking big when I'm dying!" Huo Jizhan raised his whip and pointed at the sand dunes behind Zhaohui and said, "What is that?" That's your grave! Your grain route has been cut off by me, and Ma Guangzu and Liao Huaqing are now fleeing to the Heishui River with the remnants of the defeated army. That Hu - Hu Fugui shrank in the camp and didn't dare to come out for a single step...... General Zhaohui, look at this river, it doesn't flow water. To the east of you is the city of the devil, and to the west is the desert, and the bravest Yarkand people will not dare to spend the night here. You surrender to me, leave your muskets and ammunition, and I will send you camels, food, and water......"

Zhaohui has always been anxious that Ma Guangzu Liao Huaqing's troops could not be gathered, and he could not find out the news of Hu Fugui, and when he heard him say that he was safe in three places, he couldn't help but be very relieved, and said with a smile: "I don't want your food and water, what I want is your life - all the musket teams stand up!" He suddenly ordered. The musketeers in ambush on the top of the sand dunes shouted "chirp", and more than 1,000 people all stood up, all wearing only a pair of shorts, and the murderous long snake held the gun flat, staring at the Huo Jizhan Hui army. Looking at the musketeers with sharp weapons in their hands, Huo Jizhan's front military horses were in a commotion for a while, and the entire brigade became uneasy. Huo Jizhan's face also changed color, he didn't expect this situation on the sand dunes, nor did he expect Zhaohui to suddenly turn his face, the mount retreated slightly, and his escort horse team immediately came up to cover, and dozens of muskets were aimed at Zhaohui together.

"Now see you before the battle." Zhao Hui smiled, "Why panic? I still have 5,000 muskets in Hu Fugui's camp, but I'm afraid you don't have the ability to take them. With a wave of his hand, he said, "Go back to camp!" Huo Jizhan watched Zhaohui retreat, and also raised his hand and waved, and the team slowly retreated, and began to set up camp about a mile away from the Heishui River - there is a beach here, and there is no need to repeat it here. As soon as Zhaohui returned to the camp, Zhang Qun complained: "It's too close, what should he do if he wants to open fire?" Zhaohui smiled: "This is a contest of identity and temperament, not a confrontation of blades." Who is willing to be a blank in front of thousands of soldiers? He fires, I fire, you fire, and you fire, and that's a scoundrel fighting in the streets. I'm tired today, don't attack but defend, it's cold at night here, go to the river to move some oil blocks to light up and keep warm, now the top priority is to stabilize the camp, and then think of contacting the camp......"

The two armies again faced off across the river. Zhaohui's officers and troops are tired of horses, Huo Ji accounts for more than 60,000 men and horses, of which more than 40,000 were originally ambushed in the sand dunes north of the Lele River, all the way to the defense, the battle line stretched more than 300 miles, and the 10,000 vanguard troops who rushed here are also the appearance of a strong crossbow, and the grain has to be transported from Jinji Fort little by little, and they dare not act rashly - counting this night's vicious battle, both sides have miscalculations, Zhaohui has taken advantage of the actual battle, and the situation of luring the enemy is not down, Huo Jizhan ambush was exposed early, and Ma Guangzu Liao Huaqing was able to calmly withdraw, The main lineup has no secret to protect, and it is a considerable situation, but Huo Jizhan is all cavalry, and the main force controls the overall situation, and the commander of the Qing army is pressed in the sand dunes to cut off the camp. If it weren't for the food and water found in the sand, Zhao Hui would have actually reached the Jedi.

Just when Zhaohui and Huo Jizhan were talking across the river, Ma Guangzu and Liao Huaqing had already led their troops back to the Heishui River camp. The three of them didn't even eat, and immediately discussed the matter of rescuing Zhaohui. Hu Fugui listened to the two of them talk about the night battle in the camp with a calm face. There was a flash in his eyes that he didn't know whether it was tears or fire, his hands were pinched, he got up and turned around in the tent for two turns, and sat back silently, seeing that Liao Huaqing was still complaining: "He passed from the west six miles of my camp, I went out at that time, and I came back in half an hour, you just gritted your teeth and didn't give orders!" This-" Hu Fugui cut off his words and said gloomily: "It's useful to say these things at this time!" Old horse, how do you say to fight? I can't stop for a moment, I'm going up, there's no water there. ”

"**, don't get agitated. I think Huo Ji is a very assertive person. Kicked his battalion, he withdrew. As soon as the Zhaojun Gate leaned slightly to the edge of our camp, he immediately surrounded him on all sides, led him away, and pursued him slowly without hurrying. Ma Guangzu said: "Now that we are desperate to storm out, the reserve army to the north of him is pressing, and it is not a trivial matter that the big camp is shaken." Zhaojunmen will not bring the army to the Jedi, he will definitely move closer to the Doll River. We might as well send two teams of 1,000 men to the west to meet and make a final decision on the contact with Zhaojunmen. ”

He is now the commander of the talisman, and what he said is reasonable. But Liao Hu and the two of them realized that they were gentle and thoughtful, they could plan but could not be broken, it was good to be a counselor of the Chinese army, but it was not possible to be the commander - 2,000 people went out to the west, which was equivalent to trying to feed the wolf with mutton. Liao Huaqing said: "At least 8,000 people should be used, and the soldiers who came back can be used, and those who come back can change their defenses." Or I'll take it out with me. I can't get in touch for three days, old horse, you cut off my head! Ma Guangzu smiled: "I only want Huo Jizhan's, do you want your head to do it?" I was worried that the enemy was in full swing, and that one blow would not dampen the spirit. Hu Fugui said: "His soldiers have traveled hundreds of miles, and my soldiers are well fed and drunk, why can't they fight?" No, I'm going to do it myself! ”

"Okay then." Ma Guangzu smiled helplessly and said, "Your 8,000 people will sleep this afternoon, bring enough dry food for 20 days, and 500 muskets, and they will not easily use firearms if they encounter a large group of enemies." I took 6,000 men to the north and fought for a little more and attacked his rear. If you want to encounter a strong enemy, that is the main force, you report back, or a decisive battle or besiege the enemy to send reinforcements and then discuss. Once he returned to the affairs of his staff, Ma Guangzu immediately became shrewd again. Hu Fugui jumped up and said, "I'll give the order to arrange it!" ”

Ma Guangzu waited for the two of them to go out, and immediately sat down to play the folded draft, if the current situation is not clear, if there is a slight mistake in the future, the three of them will not be in trouble......